We have compiled this sampling of some of our favorite patriotic bugle calls. We hope that you enjoy and appreciate this section of our Website.

• 5:50 a.m. Assembly of the Buglers (262K WAV) or RealAudio

  Also known as First Call. This signal was used to call all the buglers to gather; it is also the first call of the camp day (between 4:45 & 6:00 a.m.) and the signal to wake up, wash and get ready for the morning roll call.

• 6:00 a.m. The Reveille (2MB WAV) or RealAudio

  Sounded to mark morning roll call. This was not used to wake up the troops. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. Upon the last note of this call, the flag was raised, the morning gun fired and the men all had to assemble for morning roll call.

• 6:15 a.m. Stable Call (11K WAV) or RealAudio

  Those who tended the stable were called to their duty with this call. Soldiers in the cavalry would report to the stables to feed and groom their mounts.

• 6:30 a.m. Breakfast Call (374K WAV) or RealAudio

  Troopers to report to the mess tent for breakfast, or time to prepare and eat breakfast. Breakfast usually consisted of bread and beef, perhaps potatoes or rice and plenty of hot, black coffee.

• 7:00 a.m. Sick Call (420K WAV) or RealAudio

  This call was sounded to assemble the sick so they could report to the hospital tent for treatment.

• 7:30 a.m. Fatigue Call (376K WAV) or RealAudio

  This call was the signal for policing of quarters, grounds and stables by fatigue parties.

• 8:55 a.m. Assembly of the Guard (566K WAV) or RealAudio

  All those assigned to guard duty are to assemble and mount the guard. This call was also used to call the relief of those standing guard. Men assigned to guard duty assemble in front of their respective barracks.

• 9:15 a.m. Watering Call (107K WAV) or RealAudio

  Details would be sent out for water with this call to replenish the camps' water supply and horses received their watering.

• 10:00 a.m. Drill Call (332K WAV) or RealAudio

  Troopers fall in on the drill field for drill instruction. Soldiers would practice the Manual of Arms, bayonet drills and marching. New recruits would be taught more basic skills.

• 11:00 a.m. The Recall (236K WAV) or RealAudio

  Used for a variety of reasons: to call back details and skirmishers to the main body, morning drill was to cease, etc.

• 12:00 noon Dinner Call (332K WAV) or RealAudio

  This signal is sounded for the main meal of the day (lunch). Dinner was the main meal of the day usually consisting of beef, potatoes, limited vegetables, soup, plus coffee and bread. Beans were the most common vegetable ration and since potatoes often spoiled, they were dried into a brown, lumpy power. During the summer the soldiers planted company gardens for fresh vegetables.

• 2:00 p.m. Boots and Saddles (185K WAV) or RealAudio

  This call was adopted by the army in 1841. It calls the troopers to their mounts and also signaled the alert for cavalrymen to put on their riding boots and saddle their horses.

• 5:30 p.m. The Assembly (256K WAV) or RealAudio

  The entire garrison would turn out for the Retreat ceremony. The actual lowering of the flag and playing of Retreat would occur at sunset. Troopers will form up in ranks.

• 6:00 p.m. Retreat (1MB WAV) or RealAudio

  This call is used to signal the afternoon roll call. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention for afternoon roll call. The first eight notes are also sounded in the field to signal the falling back of a cavalry action. Also used for the flag-lowering ceremony.

• 9:00 p.m. Tattoo / To Extinguish Lights (713K WAV) or RealAudio

  "Tattoo" was the signal for the men to prepare for bed and to secure the post. The call was sounded when the men were formed on the color line, and signaled the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. This call is also sounded later to signal lights out.

• 9:15 p.m. Taps (400K WAV) or RealAudio

  Late in the war, this call was used to signal lights out. By the final note of "Taps" all lights were to be extinguished, all men bedded down in their bunks, and all loud talking was to cease.

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